Cattle & Hogs
Virginia Weekly
Richmond, Va.
Wednesday, October 17,1990
WEEKLY REVIEW IN VIRGINIA
MARKETS IN REVIEW; OCT. 11-17,
1990. FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS
IN VIRGINIA WERE STEADY TO $2.00
LOWER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO WEAK.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS IN VIRGINIA HAD NO TREND
DUE TO NO PRICES QUOTED LAST
WEEK. MIDWEST PRICES WERE
STEADY TO 50 CENT LOWER.
COWS AND BULLS IN VIRGINIA
WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO S4.OC
HIGHER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
MOSTLY STEADY. BEEF PRODUC
TION WAS 2% BELOW A WEEK AGC
AND 4% BELOW A YEAR AGO
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 2 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
LAMB PRICES IN VIRGINIA WERE
25 CENTS HIGHER TO 50 CENT LOW
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE
MOSTLY STEADY. LAMB PRODUC
TION WAS 4% BELOW A WEEK AGC
AND 6% BELOW A YEAR AGO
FEEDER
CATTLE SALE
Expecting
300 Head
WEDS.,
OCT. 24
7:30 P.M.
* Clean Local Cattle
* Super Clean Yards
* Weighed on
Arrival Until
5 P.M.
* Quick Settlement
* Quick Unloading
* Quick Loading Out
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REPUTATION!
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Cattle are sold in
the order received.
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For information or
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for:
(301) 733-8120
in Hagerstown
since 1935
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Production Tested • Performance Proven
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHT'
WERE 1 POUND LIGHTER THAN fi
YEAR AGO.
SLAUGHTER HOG PRICES IN VIR
GINIA WERE STEADY TO $1.50 LOW
ER AS MIDWEST PRICES WERE 5C
CENT TO $2.50 LOWER. FRESH PORK
PRICES WERE MOSTLY STEADY TO
$10.00" LOWER WITH BELLIES
$20.00-23.00 LOWER. HOG PRODUC
TION WAS 3% BELOW A WEEK AGO
AND 9% BELOW A YEAR AGO.
AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS
WERE 1 POUND HEAVIER THAN A
YEAR AGO.
THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG
MARKET OCT. 11-17, 1990 RECEIPTS
FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN
VIRGINIA FOR THE PERIOD TOT
ALED 4,695 HEAD COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK 2,845 HEAD. THE
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HOG MARK
ET CLOSED $1.50 LOWER COM
PARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY'S
TRADING WITH BARROWS AND
GILTS: COUNTRY POINTS LOCAL
PLANT DELIVERED (30 MILE
RADIUS) US 1-3 220-250 LBS
53.50-54.00 55.00-56.00 US 3-4 220-250
LBS 53.00-54.00 US 1-3 200-220 LBS
49.00- US 2-4 250-270 LBS
49.00- US 3-4 270-300 LBS
46.00- SOWS $4lOO-51.20 AND
BOARS $32.00-43.50 VALLEY AND
NORTHERN VIRGINIA HOGS; 779
HEAD FOR THE PERIOD. US 1-3
210-250 LBS $54.75-55.50.
SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF
ERS 3%; SLAUGHTER COWS 9%
SLAUGHTER BULLS 1%, SLAUGH
TER CALVES AND VEALERS 0%;
Contracts Being Offered For...
New Farrow To Finish Units
Preferrably 300-500 Sows. Also Interested
In New And Existing Finishing Floor
To Be Run “All-In-All Out”
We Supply
• Cash Flow Information
• Professional Service Personnel
• Quality Genetics
• Producer Incentive Programs
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Elizabethtown, PA 17022 or (717) 357.1525
FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS
61%, OVER 600 LBS 26%.
PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA
WEEKLY AUCTIONS SLAUGHTER
CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
1000-1150 LBS 71.00-74.40 CHOICE 2-3 "
1150-1300 LBS 70.00-74.75 CHOICE 2-3
1300 LBS ft OVER 70.00-74.25 HEIF
ERS; CHOICE 2-3 900 LBS * UNDER
70.00- CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS
68.25-72.85 CHOICE 2-3 1100 LBS ft
OVER 69.00-73.75 SLAUGHTER COWS
UTILITY A COMMERCIAL COWS
47.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS
BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 55.50-65.50
1-2 1300-1600 LBS 54.00-64.50 FEW
72.001- 1600 LBS A OVER 57.00-68.50
FEW 70.00 SLAUGHTER CALVES
AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH
CHOICE & PRIME 100-250 LBS 100.00
GOOD AND CHOICE 100-250 LBS
CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE
250-500 LBS 73.00-79.50 SLAUGHTER
LAMBS HIGH CHOICE A PRIME
95-125 LBS SPRING 44.50-47.50;
WOOL 45.00 SLAUGHTER HOGS US
1-3 200-250 LBS 51.00-54.50 SOWS US
1-3 300-500 LBS 40.00-46.25 500 LBS A
OVER 45.00-49.25.
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS;
MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM I
200-300 LBS 95.00-110.00 300-400 LBS
79.00- 300-400 90.00-108.00
400-500 76.00-89.00 400-500
87.00- 500-600 70.00-83.50
500-600 85.00-98.00 600-700 72.50-82.00
600-700 78.00-90.00 700-800 66.50-79.00
700-800 74.50-86.00 800-900 74.00
800-900 70.00-85.00.
LIGHT TYPE AT FARM (PRODUC
ER LOADING) 1 TO 3 CENTS FOB
PLANT TOO FEW TO REPORT.
HEAVY TYPE (TLBS A UP): AT
FARM (BUYER LOADING) TOO FEW
TO REPORT AT FARM (PRODUCER
LOADING) TOO FEW TO REPORT
FOB PLANT TOO FEW TO REPORT.
Northern Virginia
Livestock Summary
SUuntkm Unton-Manhall, Va.
Tuesday, October 16,1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY SLAUGHTER CATTLE 257
HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED.
STATE GRADED SLAUGHTER
CATTLE SALE.
Producers Of
Better Built
Gilts And
Bonus Maker
Boars
SLAUGHTER STEERS ft HEIFERS
143 HEAD STEERS CHOICE 2-3, 1100
LBS. ft OVER 73.00 - 74.20 HEIFERS
CHOICE 2-3, 1050-1200 LBS 69.00 -
71.25 END OF GRADED SALE.
SLAUGHTER COWS 102 HEAD
COWS CUTTER ft BONING UT. 1-3
47.00 - 57.00 BREAKING UT. ft COMM.
2-4 50.00 - 54.75 CANNER AND LOW
CUTTER 1-2 40.00 - 46.75.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 12 HEAD
BULLS Y.G. 1-2, 900-1300 LB. 60.00
Y.G. 1-2, 1300-1600 LB. 54.00 - 58.00
Y.G. 1-2, 1600 LBS. ft OVER 57.00 -
64.00.
LAMBS TOTAL RECEIPTS 43 HEAD
- NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGH
TER LAMBS 43 HEAD SPRING
CHOICE AND PRIME, 95-125 LB. 45.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 715 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED ft
LARGE 2 200-300 108.00 90.00-102.00 -
80.00 300-400 86.00- 94.00 92.00-104.00
86.00 83.00 400-500 87.00-103.00 86.00-
93.00 76.00- 83.00 75.00- 84.00 500-600
85.00- 92.00 81.00- 89.00 - 70.00- 78.00
600-700 73.50- 79.00 80.50 79.00 69.50-
73.50 700-800 77.50- 85.00 80.00- 85.00 -
69.00- 74.50 800-900 76.00- 84.75 71.25-
83.00 - 72.25- 74.00 HOLSTEIN STEER
MED ft LARGE 2 500- 700 65.00- 67.00
700- 900 61.00.
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
SMALL 1 MED A LARGE 2 200-300
69.00- 75.00 85.00 - - 300-400 72.00-
82.00 76.00 68.00- 70.00 70.00- 75.00
400-500 73.00- 78.00 80.00- 85.00 69.00
71.00 500-600 70.00- 79.50 75.00- 83.50
67.00 - 600-700 68.00- 70.00 73.00- 77.00
- 69.00 700-800 - 73.50 - - BULLS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 MED A LARGE 2
200-300 85.00 - - 300-400 86.00- 97.00 - -
400-500 75.00- 81.00 - 70.00 500-600
66.50- 70.00 74.00 - 600-700 - 70.00 -
700-900 69.00 73.00 - BABY CALVES
RETURNED TO FARMS 8 HEAD NEW
BORN TO 4 WK OLD $40.00-65.00 PER
HEAD.
Central &
Southeast Virginia
Livestock Summary
Wednesday, October 17, 1990
SLAUGHTER CATTLE 38 HEAD
SLAUGHTER COWS 29 HEAD COWS
CUTTER A BONING UT. 1-3 47.50 -
52.25 BREAKING UT. & COMM. 2-4
51.75 - 54.00 CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER 1-2 39.50 - 46.50 SLAUGHTER
BULLS 9 HEAD BULLS Y.G. 1-2,
900-1300 LB. 54.00 - 58.50 Y.G. 1-2,
1300-1600 LB. 55.00 - 60.00 LAMBS
TOTAL RECEIPTS 11 HEAD SLAUGH
TER LAMBS 11 HEAD SPRING
CHOICE AND PRIME, 95-125 LB. 46.00.
BABY CALVES RETURNED TO
FARMS 19 HEAD NEWBORN TO 4
WKS OLD 115.00-135.00; SMALL
47.50-57.50 100 LBS & OVER BY THE
CWT. 110.00-137.50.
FEEDER CATTLE 297 HEAD
STEERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL
1 MED & LARGE 2 300-400 88.00- 93.00
- - 81.00- 82.00 400-500 78.00- 88.25 -
76.50- 80.00 - 500-600 - - 78.00- 80 50 -
600-700 74.50- 85.50.
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
lancamr Farming, Saturday, October 20,1990-A9
SMALL I MED & LARGE 2 300-400
74.00- 76.00 - 65.50- 68.00 74.00- 75.00
400-500 72.50- 80.00 - 65.50- 70.50 68.50-
73.50 500-600 69.50- 72.00 - 67.50- 70.00.
BULLS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL
1 MED A LARGE 2 300-400 85.00- 96.50
91.00- 95.00 70.00- 79.50 80.00- 91.00
400-500 75.50- 89.00 86.00- 93.00 77.00-
81.00 70.00- 80.00 500-600 72.50- 82.50 -
61.00- 70.00 61.50 600-700 65.50- 68.00 -
- 60.50- 62.00.
Southwest Virginia
Livestock Summary
Wythevllle, V«.
Tuoday, October 16, 1990
ALL TRENDS COMPARED TO LAST
TUESDAY. SLAUGHTER CATTLE 108
HEAD - NO TRENDS REPORTED.
SLAUGHTER COWS 102 HEAD
COWS CUTTER A BONING UT. 1-3
46.00 - 53.00 BREAKING UT. & COMM.
2-4 47.00 - 55.00 CANNER AND LOW
CUTTER 1-2 39.00 - 45.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS 6 HEAD
BULLS Y.G. 1-2, 900-1300 LB. 60.00 -
6100 Y.G. 1-2, 1300-1600 LB. 64.00 -
65.50 Y.G. 1-2,1600L85. A OVER 61.00
- 67.00.
LAMBS TOTAL RECEIPTS 42 HEAD
- NO TRENDS REPORTED. SLAUGH
TER LAMBS 29 HEAD SPRING
CHOICE AND PRIME, 95-125 LB. 44.50
FEEDER LAMBS 7 HEAD FEEDER
LAMBS CHOICE AND FANCY. 70-85
LB. 43.00 - 45.00 EWES & RAMS 6
HEAD EWES ALL GRADES 15.00 -
19.00 RAMS ALL GRADES 17.00.
FEEDER CATTLE 810 HEAD - NO
TRENDS REPORTED. STEERS
MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1 SMALL 1 MED &
LARGE 2 300-400 92.00-102.00
96.00- - 85.00- 90.00 400-500
87.00- 94.00 93.00- 99.00 79.00- 84.00
82.00- 86.00 500-600 84.00- 90 00 88.00
91.00 73.00- 76.00 75.00- 81.00 600-700
80.00- 85.00 - 68.00- 74.00 73.00- 79.00
700-800 75.00- 82.00 82.00- 83.00 - 70.00
75.00 800-900 70.00- 80.00 74.00- 76.00 -
68.00- 73.00 HOLSTEIN STEER MED &
LARGE 2 300- 500 86.00- 96.00 500- 700
72.00- 79.00 700- 900 66.50- 70.00
9001100 64.00.
HEIFERS MEDIUM 1 LARGE 1
SMALL 1 MED & LARGE 2 300-400
83.00 88.00 87.Q0 92.00 67.00- 72.00
75.00 80.00 400500 76.00 87.00 86 00
91.00 65.00 72.00 72.00 75 00 500-600
75.00 80.00 76.00 80.50 64.00 68.00
70.00 75.00 600-700 74.00- 80 00 - -
67.00 73.00 700800 73 00- 79 00 - -
65 00- 72.00 800-900 64 00- 70 00 -
58 00- 62.00 BULLS MEDIUM 1 LARGE
1 SMALL 1 MED & LARGE 2 200-300
95.00- 00 - - - 300-400 88 00- 97 00
95.00- 75.00- 80.00 83 00- 87 00
400-500 86.00- 91 00 - 72 00- 78 00 79 00-
85.00 500-600 76,00- 82 00 - 73 00- 76 00
- 600-700 70 00- 75 00 - - - 700-900 65 00-
70.00 - - - COWS WITH CALVES AT
SIDE 4 PAIR; M-l, 6-8 YR OLD
900-1050 LBS WITH CALVES 100-275
LBS $600.00-63000 PER PAIR BABY
CALVES RETURNED TO FARMS 68
HEAD NEWBORN TO 4 WK OLD
$60.00-175 00 MOSTLY $75 00-120 00
PER HEAD.
Leesport Farmers’ Market, Inc.
Leesporf, Pa. (215) 926-1307
SPECIAL 1
FEEDER CATTLE SALE
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7:30 P.M. BUI Welst
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